“The fight between Ronda and myself is a huge fight and I think it’s a great stylistic fight for me. You know what Ronda’s going to do. Ronda knows what I’m going to do. It’s going to be who can do it better and I honestly don’t see her doing it better than I’m going...

“When they read [the decision], I was honestly in disbelief. I was pretty upset. I felt like I’d won. The crowd thought I won. Almost everyone thought that I won,” UFC women’s bantamweight fighter, Sarah Kaufman, said following her loss to Jessica Eye at UFC 166. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA Following UFC 166,...

After losing her scheduled UFC Fight Night 27 opponent Sara McMann (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) earlier this month and without a suitbale replacement available, Sarah Kaufman (16-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been scratched from next week’s ‘UFN 27’ lineup. Kaufman’s most recent effort came while under the Invicta FC banner, where she earned a split-decision...

A women’s bantamweight fight between Sarah Kaufman (16-2) and undefeated Sara McMann (7-0) has been confirmed for UFC on FOX Sports 1 #1. UFC on FOX Sports 1: 2 takes place on August 28th at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. That card will be headlines with a welterweight rematch as Carlos Condit...

In order to build and develop their women’s division, the UFC has signed former Strikeforce fighters Sarah Kaufman, Julie Kedzie, Amanda Nunes, and Germaine de Randamie. Fox Sports reporter A.J. Perez confirmed the signings via Twitter: Here are the four newest UFC women under contract per Dana White: Germaine de Randamie, Julie Kedzie, Sarah Kaufman,...

Months have turned to weeks, weeks have turned into days and now we are just hours away from witnessing the first ever female UFC fight between champion Ronda Rousey and challenger Liz Carmouche in the main event of UFC 157. It’s a pivotal moment for female fighters all over the world and while all of...

An injury has forced Sarah Kaufman to withdraw from her Invicta FC 3 bantamweight (135 pounds) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) matchup with Kaitlin Young (7-6-1) of St. Louis Park, Minn. at Memorial Hall in Kansas City on Saturday, Oct. 6, setting up a highly-anticipated rematch between Young and Leslie “The Peacemaker” Smith (3-2-1).of Pleasant Hill,...

The term “blowing up” may have been created specifically for Ronda Rousey. The outspoken and popular female athlete has her image or name on display seemingly everywhere now. No one can doubt her stardom or her skill in the cage anymore. When she won her Strikeforce Championship from Miesha Tate in March it had the...

The Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title bout between champion Ronda Rousey (5-0-0) and no. 1 contender Sarah Kaufman (15-1-0) is officially set to take place August 18th, at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. This is the first title defense for newly crowned champ, and infamous arm-breaker, Ronda Rousey. While the former champ,...

“Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” goes down tonight on Showtime. The preliminary card just culminated and the featured bout on the Showtime Extreme portion of tonights broadcast delivered as promised. In the end it was Sarah Kaufman who took out Alex Davis to likely earn her spot as the Strikeforce bantamweight number one contender to tonight’s...

Leslie Smith (7-6-1 MMA) is the latest UFC fighter to refuse to fight in Nevada following the NSAC’s five-year suspension of Nick Diaz. The women’s bantamweight competitor took to her Sqor account to announce her decision: “I am making a statement and will stand with my fellow fighters Nick Diaz, and Henry Cejudo and refuse...

With Gina Carano’s return to MMA still looming in the universe, UFC on FOX 11 winner, Miesha Tate wasted no time throwing her name in the hat as a potential candidate for her opponent. Following a bubbly post-fight interview on the UFC on FOX post-fight show, Tate said she’s ready to take on all-comers, specifically...

“Honestly, I don’t think [Sarah is ready for Ronda Rousey title fight]. In the fight she had with Shayna Baszler, she’s with us now, I don’t think she was that impressive in that fight. She won, yes, so I can’t say much about it, it could have gone either way, I would say honestly. What...

Move over Diaz bro’s. There’s a new MMA cannabis toker in town in the form of female bantamweight fighter, Jessica Eye. We learned last week that Eye was put on a probationary suspension for a drug testing failure following her decision victory (now overturned) over Sarah Kaufmann. After early reports listed a blood thinner, BJPENN.COM...

Top female free agent Jessica Eye has signed with the UFC and as rumor would have it is expected to debut against former Strikeforce champion, Sarah Kaufmann. The news was announced on last night’s edition of ‘UFC Tonight’ on FUEL TV and Eye herself confirmed the signing with the following twitter post: Yes every1 it...

By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA This Saturday, MMA fighter Leslie Smith will be fighting Jennifer Maia at Invicta 6 in Kansas City, Missouri. Before she enters the cage, the Cesar Gracie fighter spoke with BJPenn.com’s Fist-Ta-Cuff Radio to talk about her last fight with Sarah Kaufmann, her training for Maia and much more. ...

Strikeforce bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey is scheduled to defend her title opposite Sarah Kaufmann taking place Aug. 18, 2012 from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California. In addition, Rousey welcomes future fights with both Gina Carano and Cris ‘Cyborg’ Santos. “I would like to fight both of them.” “I would say I...

A trio of bouts was announced during tonight’s “Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine” telecast for the just made official March third event scheduled for Columbus Ohio. A lightweight bout between Josh Thomson and KJ Noons, a welterweight bout between Paul Daley and Kazua Misaki and a female attraction between Sarah Kaufmann and Alexis Davis are the...

It would stand to reason that Sarah Kaufman is keeping an eye on The Ultimate Fighter Season 18. A perennial contender in the 135-pound division, Kaufman could fight either coach, UFC bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey or challenger Miesha Tate, in the future. BloodyElbow caught up with Kaufman after her split decision loss to Jessica...

This is part two of our interview with Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey. Some well known MMA fighters have trouble going anywhere without being approached by someone. A former middleweight champion and I were at a basketball event using the restroom when a fan in the urinal beside him struck up a conversation. A...

In a recent interview with The Bleacher Report, Strikeforce champion, Ronda Rousey discusses Why Chael Sonnen doesn’t stand a chance against the long-regining middleweight champion, Anderson Silva. Rousey has always been an outspoken fighter and compares her own hype skills to that of Chael Sonnen: “I think it’s a similar idea. Chael has more of...

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